Smedby AIS is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club located in Norrköping

Norrköping

Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...

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Background

Smedby AIS (or SAIS for short) is a football club from southeast Norrköping based in the district of Smedby. The club was founded on 3 October 1929 and played in the third tier of Swedish football for the first time in 1961 and again in 1967-70, 1978, 1980–81 and 2003.

Since their foundation Smedby AIS has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Smedby IP in Norrköping.

Smedby AIS are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

The Östergötlands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Östergötland County.- Background :...

. With an active youth section the club has over 1,500 members and has produced players like Hasan Cetinkaya

Hasan Cetinkaya

Hasan Cetinkaya was a footballer from Sweden. He works today as a sports agent-External links:*...

, Niclas Fredriksson, Linus Hellman and Christos Christoforidis

Christos Christoforidis

Christos Christoforidis is a Swedish footballer of Greek descent, currently playing for Syrianska FC on loan from GAIS. He came to the club in 2007 from Messiniakos.-External references:*...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	1st	Promoted
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	4th
1996	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	3rd
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	7th
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	2nd
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	9th	Relegation Playoffs
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 4	Division 3	Västra Svealand	9th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Östergötland Östra	1st	Promoted
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2007 Division 2 2007 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2007.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	5th
2008 Division 2 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2008.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	4th
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	2nd
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	8th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	11th	Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Attendances

In recent seasons Smedby AIS have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	Not available	Div 4 Östergötland Östra	Tier 5
2006	106	Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2007	121	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2008	124	Div 2 Östra Götaland	Tier 4
2009	99	Div 2 Östra Götaland	Tier 4
2010	114	Div 2 Södra Svealand	Tier 4

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Footnotes